Josephine Sews

Sometimes life happens and you find yourself asking God why or what good can come of a situation.  When these thoughts swirl in my head, I often listen to this song to help remind me that God is sovereign.  I don't have to understand or even like what He is allowing - I only have to trust Him! About a couple months back I got a call from a friend crying and telling me she was in the hospital and wanted to go home. She had a devasting medical emergency that has left her completely dependent on medical personnel for everything - even to help feed her.  This was my one of my responses to her situation. Split Bars Quilt by Missouri Star Quilt Company At the time I made the decision to make it it sounded like a wonderful idea, but after I completed it I thought it was a stupid idea and almost didn't give it to her (for a number of reasons).  In the end I decided she would get it. How I Did It The only thing I purchased was the backing fabric.  The backing wasn't the...

I am the master of making the simple, hard.  The quilt from Missouri Star Quilt Company  is like its name says - Super Simple Squares. This was that project that broke me and made me want to give up.  But now that I am on the other side of it, I will not be defeated.  To that end, I am moving beyond my comfort zone of baby quilts and am going bigger.  I already have a quilt top that I just pieced together and it is 47 by 47.  I do plan to quilt it using my embroidery machine. What Went Wrong I printed the instructions, looked at them one time, and actually thought I had it memorized - NOT.  I ended up mistakenly adding about 9 additional strips in between the rows that made it even longer. I should have known something was wrong when I had to sew more squares and did not have enough fabric for my borders.  Instead of checking the pattern I forged on, sewed more squares and made my borders smaller. I added the backing, batting, and pins to keep eve...